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Isaiah 25:8

“He will swallow up death forever, and Adonai YHWH will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will remove from all the earth, for YHWH has spoken.”

Isaiah 25:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:54

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Paul quotes the first sentence of Isaiah 25:8. Where the Hebrew says “he will destroy death forever,” Paul says “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Formula: γεγραμμένος “written” (1 Corinthians 15:54)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὅταν δὲ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀθανασίαν τότε γενήσεται ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος Κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח וּמָחָה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה דִּמְעָה מֵעַל כָּל פָּנִים וְחֶרְפַּת עַמּוֹ יָסִיר מֵעַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר

Septuagint (Isaiah 25:8 in the Septuagint numbering): κατέπιεν ὅ θάνατος ἰσχύσας, καὶ πάλιν ἀφεῖλεν ὃ θεὸς πᾶν δάκρυον ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου· τὸ ὄνειδος τοῦ λαοῦ ἀφεῖλεν ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς, τὸ γὰρ στόμα Κυρίου ἐλάλησεν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Allusion · Revelation 7:17

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Both texts say that God will wipe away the tears.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • מָחָהmajaH4229ἐξαλείψειexaleipseiG1813“wipe out, wipe away”
  • יְהוִהyehviH3069θεὸςtheosG2316“YHWH (God, the Lord)”
  • דִּמְעָהdimaH1832δάκρυονdakryonG1144“tears”

Allusion · Revelation 21:4

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Both texts say that God will wipe away the tears and that death will disappear.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • מָחָהmajaH4229ἐξαλείψειexaleipseiG1813“wipe out, wipe away”
  • דִּמְעָהdimaH1832δάκρυονdakryonG1144“tears”
  • מָּוֶתmavetH4194θάνατοςthanatosG2288“death”

Isaiah 25:8, word by word

He will swallow upבִּלַּעbila

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

Where else “bila” appears
deathמָּוֶתmavet

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

Where else “mavet” appears
foreverנֶצַחnetsach

forever

Forever, without end; with not, never again.

Where else “netsach” appears
and Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears
will wipe awayמָחָהmacha

blot out

To erase completely, or destroy someone.

Where else “macha” appears
the tearsדִּמְעָהdima

tears, weeping

Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).

Where else “dima” appears
facesפָּנִיםpanim

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “panim” appears
and the reproachחֶרְפַּתcherpat

disgrace, reproach

Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.

Where else “cherpat” appears
of his peopleעַמּam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “am” appears
he will removeיָסִירyasir

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

Where else “yasir” appears
the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
has spokenדִּבֵּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “diber” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in 1 Corinthians 15:54 (“Death has been swallowed up in victory”), and Revelation 7:17 and 21:4 take up “he will wipe away every tear.”

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:54

Paul quotes the first sentence of Isaiah 25:8. Where the Hebrew says “he will destroy death forever,” Paul says “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

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Isaiah 25:8

8He will swallow up death forever, and Adonai YHWH will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will remove from all the earth, for YHWH has spoken.

1 Corinthians 15:54

54And when this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the word that is written will come about: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

The context

7And he will swallow up on this mountain the surface of the veil, the veil that is over all the peoples, and the covering that is spread over all the nations.

8 · This verse (above)

9And one will say on that day, “Look, this is our Elohim; we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is YHWH; we have waited for him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

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